Chapter 5Selene recognized the red ponytail of her former roommate Jill from across the room. It bounced easily as she nodded with some other people on the conference floor, before her head turned and met Selene’s gaze. She initially looked past her, but then doubled back with a wide grin. Finally.
“Selene Parish?” Jill dropped her stuff by the table she’d been sitting and walked clear across the room to reacquaint herself with her former roommate and best friend during law school. “Ack, it is you! Gimme a hug.”
“Jilly!” Selene opened her arms. “So nice to see you again.”
The two women hugged tightly, erasing all distance between their bodies. Selene was more relieved than anything else; she’d been in and out of the hotel’s conference proceedings for the past two days, and she’d still n
